The Westing "Game"
Characters
Rhymes with...
...Westing...
This and that...
Random ?s
100

The number of heirs who played the game

What are 16?

100

Avid bird watcher

Who is Chris Theodarakis?

100

I'll take TWO Kung Pow Chicken's from this person's fancy restaurant

What is Mr. Hoo?

100

A building situated on top of a cliff across from Sunset Towers.

What is the Westing House?

100

The type of doctor is Jake Wexler

What is a podiatrist?

100

The number of Westing heirs who were at the reading of Mr. Westing's will

What is 14?

200

The number of teams that were formed for the Westing Game

What are 8 teams?

200

The secret to this character's success: "Clean living, hard work, and fair play".

Who is Samuel Westing?

200

Judge Ford thinks this attorney's a BUM!

Who is E.J. Plum?

200

A game involving a murder mystery

What is The Westing Game?

200

Two sandwiches, Sandy's flask filled with orange pop, a flashlight, her mother's silver cross to ward off vampires

What are items that Turtle brought with her to help get thru the all-night vigil at the Westing House?

200

True or False, E.J. Plum was the last heir to enter the meeting for the reading of the Westing will.

What is False?

300

How Grace Wexler felt that Angela was paired with Sydelle Pulaski and why

What is angry because her perfect daughter was paired with a freak?

300

This doctor was involved in a near-fatal car accident with Mr. Westing just before Mr. Westing disappeared from sight!

Who is Dr. Sidney Sikes?

300

Where Mr. Westing's found dead here.

What is the four-post BED?

300

This character was found dead in bed. 

Who is Sam Westing?

300

Why Turtle wanted to stay all night at the Westing home

What is to earn money to buy a subscription to The Wall Street Journal?

300

While at the reading for the will, tell the reason why Grace removed Turtle's coat, even though Turtle was cold

What is out of "cruelty" or "meanness"...she simply wanted to embarrass Turtle as Turtle was wearing a hand me down dress that was at least two sizes too large?

400

Why Mr. Westing paired Dr. Deere and Chris Theodarakis together

Did he think that Dr. Deere might be able to help Chris with his neurological condition?



400

But no one paid any attention to her...

Who is Sydelle Pulaski?

400

The thing that Doug does when he hears the gun blast.

What is run fast?

400

Estimated at $200 million +

What is the Westing fortune?

400

The author of The Westing Game.

Who is Ellen Raskin.

400

True or False: J.J. Ford believes that E.J. Plum was an excellent attorney who was well-equipped to handle the reading of Mr. Westing's will?

What is False?

500

- Each pair will receive $10k

- Each pair will receive one set of clues

- Forfeits: If any player drops out, their partner must leave the game. The pair must return the money. Absent pairs forfeit the $10k; their clues will be held until the next session

- Players will be given two days' notice of the next session. Each pair may then give one answer.

- Object of the game is to win.

What are the rules to The Westing Game?

500

This character was an inventor.

Who is James Hoo.

500

This character is slim and fit and not a pudge.

Who is the judge?

500

Name of the company the Sam Westing created

What is the Westing Paper Products Corporation?

500

Characters, Setting, Plot, Problem, Solution?

What are five story elements, in this case, a mystery?

500

The second medical diagnosis that Dr. Deere gave Chris Theodorakis in chapter 5

What is "Traveling sporadic myositis"?

600

List all 8 pairs put together as a team in "The Westing Game"

Who are :

Angela/Sydelle

Grace/Mr. Hoo

Jake/Madame Hoo

Turtle/Flora Baumbach

Judge Ford/Alexander McSouthers

Doug Hoo/Theo Theodarakis

Crow/Otis Amder

Sydelle Pulaski/Angela Wexler

600

The attorney who read the Westing will

Who is E.J. Plum?

600

What Otis Amber is and it is not a toy.

What is a 62 year old delivery "boy".

600

List three luxurious amenities that Sunset Towers had

What are: Central AC, high-speed elevator, one-way glass, maid service, and a uniformed doorman, lakefront property?

600

"Sandy" is a nickname for this heir in "The Westing Game"

Who is Alexander McSouthers?

600

Name all 16 heirs to Sam Westing's fortune 

Who are Jake, Grace, Angela and Turtle Wexler, Sydelle Pulaski, Flora Baumbach, Crow, Theo and Chris Theodarakis, Otis Amber, Judge J.J. Ford, Dr. Denton Deere, Mr. Hoo and Madame Hoo, Alexander "Sandy" McSouthers?